Friction wheel pocket lighter



Feb. 8, 1938. J. EDENBURG 2,107,372

.' FRICTION WHEEL POCKET LIGHTER 1 Filed May 18, 1936 (Ill '4 'lllilnv.

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'UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE FRICTION vWHEEL POCKET LIGHTER Josef Edenburg, Vienna, Austria Application May 18, 1936, Serial No. 80,232

3 Claims.

is oscillatably mounted in a bearing open towards. the outer side and held in position against the bearing by a pull spring, which at the same time can form the return spring for the friction wheel carrier.

By this arrangement the internal mechanism of the lighter is easily accessible because the pressure lever can be lifited out of the bearing and easily removed from the lighter.

An embodiment of the invention is illustrated by wayof example in the accompanying drawing in which a Fig. 1 shows the lighter in longitudinal section on line II of Fig. 2.

Fig. 2 is a vertical section on line 11-11 of Fig. 1.

The internal arrangement of the lighter is known. The friction wheel carrier i is lengthened by hubs 2, 3 to about the internal width of the closing 'cap 4 and rotatably mounted on a bolt 5. This bolt 5 is fixed in the lighter casing and forms the pivot axlefor the. closing cap 4. The friction wheel 6 is loosely rotatable on the hub 3 and surrounds the friction wheel carrier I. A spring 1 of the friction wheel carrier l presses against the friction wheel 8; Two bolts] and 9 are fixed on one side face of the carrier I. A link I0 is mounted on thebolt. 8 and'hingedly connected with a pressure lever I i by means of a transverse bolt i2. The pressure lever ll forms part of the side wall of the casing, and its lower end is, according to the invention, oscillatably mounted in a bearing open towards the .exterior. The open bearing in the example illustrated consists of a sheet metal strip II which may form f an extension of the casing wall l4 and has an outwardly bent fia'p II which, in conjunction with the bent part II of the flap It forms a kind of bearing cup it. The lower shortened wall ll of the pressure lever Ii loosely engages in this bearing cup with a certain clearance and is held permanently in its engaging position by means of a pull spring l8. One end of the pull spring i8 is hooked on a transverse bolt IQ of the pressure lever II and preferably forms at the same time the return spring for the friction wheel carrier. The other end of the spring. I8 is connected with the friction wheel carrier by a connecting member 20 pivoted on the bolt 9. The friction wheel carrier l is positively coupled with the closing cap 4 bymeans of the bolts 8, 9.

The operation of the pocket lighter is known. By exerting pressure on the lever ii. the carrier l is oscillated, the closing cap 4 opened and the friction wheel 8 actuated by the spring 1. Sparks are thus produced by the cerium 2i and light the wick 22, When the pressure lever H is released,

the friction wheel carrier I and the closure 4 jump back 'into their initial positions under the actionof the pull spring l8.

I claim:--

1. A friction wheel pocket lighter, comprising in combination a casing, a friction wheel carrier in said casing, a closing cap connected with said friction wheel carrier, a bearing formed in said casing and open towards the outer side thereof, a pressure lever oscillatably mounted in said hearing and forming one of the side walls of said casing, a spring continually pulling said lever towards said bearing and holding it therein, and a means connecting said lever with said carrier adapted to transmit the movement of said lever to said carrier and to said closing cap.

2. A friction wheel pocket lighter as specified in claim 1, in which the spring holding the pressure lever in the open bearing is connected with a the friction wheel carrier so as to form at the I same time the return spring for the friction wheel carrier.

3. A friction wheel pocket lighter as specified in claim 1, in which the open bearing comprises an inwardly bent extension of the bottom wall of the casing, a flap bent outward from this extenslon forming with said extension 2. kind'ofbearing cup adapted to oscillatably receive the lower wall of the pressure lever. I

JOSEF EDENBURG. I 

